aiu3piic - October 21, 2010 Workshop

Agenda

Coaches' Workshop on Being A Change Agent
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
5.5 hours
North Hills Jr HS, LGI Room
55 Rochester Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15229
412-318-1450

Google Map link:

Meeting called by:

Kevin Conner (PAIU TIM)

Type of meeting:

Cooperative learning workshop

Facilitator

Various

Attendees:

District instructional coaches, CFF coaches, EETT coaches

Please bring:

Laptop computers

Agenda Topics:

8:30-9:00

Registration and Networking
Opening video

Nicholas Negroponte: Tablets As A Constructionist Medium

9:00-9:10

Do Now: Think about the professional development within your school

Do you feel you have a professional learning community established?
Do you think there is a community of practice established?
Do you have your own personal learning network?
Turn and talk with a neighbor.

9:10-9:50

Safari Montage: A New Way of Thinking About Resources
Jana Baxter, AIU Instructional Media Services

9:50-10:15

Your task from the last meeting was to be prepared to share how you are working with your school administrators. Please enter an anecdote
in ClassroomSalon.org
We will then use the wisdom of the group to resolve/build on ideas within your stories.

BREAK

10:25-10:45

Read "What Is Reflective Practice" by Joy Amulya, MIT
Reflective Practice Just in case we can't reach the site:

whatisreflectivepractice.pdf

10:45-11:30

Paired Discussions: Reflective Practice Activity
Discuss in pairs: one instructional coach, one technology integration coach (as much as is possible), the reflective practice article.
Facilitated by Andrew Halter

11:30-12:30

Lunch

12:30-1:15

Read "What We Can Learn From Finland's Successful School Reform" by Linda Darling-Hammond in NEA Today Magazine, October 2010
What We Can Learn Just in case...

NEA_Article_October10issue.pdf

1:15-2:00

How will education be different tomorrow because of today?
Facilitated by Kris Hupp

2:00-2:30

Ticket Out the Door, Evaluations
Ticket Out the Door (Google Form)
Evaluation (Zoomerang)